Top Anime of 2015? Hmm...
1.) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (2nd half) - This show is ripe with old-school shonen cliches, absurd character designs, and some asspulls so ridiculous it makes Dragonball fights look interesting.
Despite that...it's absolutely fantastic. The overall premise was interesting and kept me engaged the entire time. It had great characters, voice actors, OST (not in 2015, but the first half had one of my top 5 favorite OPs ever), and the humor was amazing. It's hard to put into words exactly...but when I think about anime I watched last year, this one definitely left the biggest impression.
2.) One Punch Man - Honestly, if this was longer it would probably top Jojo on my list. Great characters and humor, and I like its take on classic shonen cliches (fits pretty well behind #1..lol...) It was a blast that stayed strong the entire season, and I liked it enough to jump into the manga, which is also fantastic.
3.) Seven Deadly Sins (2nd half) - My first exposure to this was through a crossover spinoff where Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail author) and Suzuki Nakaba (Seven Deadly Sins author) drew each other's characters for a short christmas chapter. It wasn't a great first impression, since Suzuki's version of Natsu and Happy looked horrible and incredible amateur. Fortunately...anime isn't manga, so I decided to try it out.
Great story...great characters...and some interesting mystery beneath it all. It definitely wasn't perfect, but I enjoyed it enough to give the manga another shot. Turns out that crossover wasn't his best showing after all...and currently the manga ranks in my top 5 weekly.
4.) Shokugeki no Souma - Honestly, I didn't get around to watching this until December, so this is like a last-minute entry onto my list. It caught me off guard with the premise, but it kept me engaged the entire time. I never would have expected a show about cooking would capture my interest so much. Very fun story, and I liked almost every character (with the exception of child-hood friend girl...but mostly because I'm tired of character type, and Megumi already fills that particular niche in the series). My only gripe was the character overload towards the end...which is more of personal grievance than anything else.
Hopefully Alice and Erina are more prominent next season.
5.) Nisekoi - This is probably a bias choice...since I'm likely the biggest Nisekoi fan on these boards. Season 2 was a definite downgrade to Season 1, with less episodes, continuity, and a bigger focus on autoconclusive stories over longer arcs. Still...the Hana arc alone was enough to leave a huge smile on my face. Despite wasting time with Magic girl dreck and the red herring girls, Shaft did a great job with the more story focused episodes, and even added some additional Chitoge content for the canon shippers of the story.
Runner-ups: Charlotte, Kekkai Sansen, Danmachi
I wouldn't know what to pick for my worst anime...other than maybe Anti-Magic Academy. It's the only show I dropped last year after getting halfway through it.
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